Sewing-machine cabinet



Patented July 26, I898.

T. KUNDTZ. SEWING MACHINE CABINET.

(Application filed July 26, 1897.) (No Model.)

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SEWING-MACHINE CABINET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 607,860, dated July 26, 1898.

Application filed July 26 1897.

To aZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THEODOR KUNDTZ, of Cleveland, Guyahoga county, Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sewing-Machine Cabinets; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in cabinets for sewing-machines, &c. and it per-' tains more especially to a sewing machine cabinet that has its supporting frames or legs composed of wood.

The invention consists in certain novel and meritorious features of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure I is a front side elevation of my improved cabinet. Fig. II is an end elevation of the same. Fig. III is a front side elevation, mostly in vertical section.

Referring to the drawings, A designates the top of the cabinet. Said top is secured centrally to the table a, that is provided with two upright wooden frames or legs a a, arranged below opposite ends, respectively, of the top and braced apart by the back a of the cabinet, which back is interposed between and suitably secured to the rear portions of said end frames.

B represents the treadle of the machine, and O the rod that supports said treadle and is supported from frames at a.

The essential feature of myimproved cabinet consists in the manner of supporting the drawer-supporting shelves R within mortises a, formed in the wooden end frames a a, and in the provision of moldings S for the occupation of said mortises whenthe drawers and shelves are removed. For instance, a cabi net that is capable of carrying four drawers has each of its wooden frames a ct provided with two'mortises a", that are formed within the outer side and extend horizontally and transversely of said frame. If the cabinet is Serial No. 645,938. (No model) mortise by any suitable number of screws T,

extending into the shelf through the respective shelf-supporting frame-and introduced from the inner side of said frame. The mortise or mortises that are not occupied by shelves arefilled with moldings that are secured within said mortises by the screws that would be instrumental in securing shelves in place of said moldings if one or more additional drawers were required that is, each frame a has screw eceiving holes a connecting with mortises C06, and screws are introduced through said holes to and screwed into the shelves or moldings fitted in said mortises. The mortises a correspond in size, and the shelves and the moldings S, that-accompany each cabinet, correspond in dimensions vertically, so that they are interchangeableand will fit any mortise in either of the supporting-frames.

That I claim is A cabinet of the character indicated having two upright wooden supportingframes arranged a suitable distance apart and provided, upon their outer sides, with horizontally-arranged mortises that correspond in size, and interchangeable shelves and moldings capable of fitting the said mortises, and means for removably securing the said moldings or shelves within the mortises, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification, in the presence of two witnesses, this 21st day of May, 1897.

' THEODOR KUNDTZ. Witnesses:

C. H. DORER, ELLA E. TILDEN. 

